Product Designer

Zero Homes • Denver, CO

3d • $70,000 - $165,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Our mission is to electrify the world’s homes for healthy and sustainable living. Residential electrification is an extraordinary decarbonization opportunity - 145 million homes in the United States account for 20% of our climate emissions. But today electrification is painful - it’s too complicated, time consuming, and expensive. So we’re building a new experience for homeowners, contractors, and utilities. Zero bridges the gap between the digital and the physical with a frictionless experience that makes electrification fast, easy, and affordable. Join our team to build a world class consumer experience that just so happens to electrify America.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an early stage company of talented Designers and Engineers, led by seasoned climate tech veterans. At Zero, Product Designers are individual contributors that report to a Lead Designer. You will work in small teams (1 Designer and 1-2 Engineers) in six-week cycles to take loosely defined projects and deliver new features. We are relentlessly focused on sustainable productivity. You should expect long stretches of deep work, minimal standing meetings, and effective in person collaboration with stakeholders and peers. We value and support a healthy work-life balance so you should also expect flexibility around your personal life.

At Zero, Product Designers are generalists - they own product management, UX, and UI. And because everyone on the team is a builder, Product Designers also build early prototypes that will bring new products and features to life. We primarily use Figma, but Designers are increasingly using AI tools to accelerate ideation and prototyping.

Some examples of products that our Design team supports are the redesign of our mobile app for homeowners to scan their home, as well as a new mobile app for contractors. We are also working on the evolution of a web based design tool for HVAC systems, and various B2B web productivity tools for contractors and utilities.

Requirements

• Generalist with exceptional taste for design.
• Ability to own projects from beginning to end, including researching user needs, brainstorming concepts, testing prototypes, and building features.
• At least one year of professional product design experience.
• Comfortable working with sticky notes, whiteboard markers, Figma, AI tools, and front-end code (HTML/CSS/JS).
• Detail-oriented systems thinker.
• Anchor work on user needs.
• Excited to meet users where they work, whether in the office or in the field.
• Eagerness to dive into the world of residential electrification.
• Eye for elegance - the confluence of beauty, effectiveness, and simplicity.
• Proven track record of building elegant digital experiences.
• Strong opinions about AI in the Design process, including agentic design tools.
• Pragmatic team player and self-starter.
• Growth mindset and love tackling complex problems.
• Understanding that products only matter if they ship.
• Eagerness to collaborate with leaders, designers and engineers across Zero, as well as customers in the field.
• Understanding that hard decisions and tough tradeoffs are required to deliver projects within a fixed time box.
• Desire for freedom with the responsibility to communicate and deliver.
• Enthusiasm for in-person work.
• Live within 50 miles of Denver, CO or are willing to relocate.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with large scale consumer or B2B products
• Experience with native mobile app design
• Graphic design, illustration, and/or video production skills.
• Relevant industry experience: residential construction, electrification, HVAC, CAD, Solar, or Energy
• Experience at an early-stage startup

Responsibilities

• Own product management, UX, and UI.
• Build early prototypes to bring new products and features to life.
• Work in small teams (1 Designer and 1-2 Engineers) in six-week cycles to take loosely defined projects and deliver new features.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and peers.
• Engage in healthy debates with teammates and converge on solutions in real time through whiteboard sessions and collaborative workshops.
• Meet users in person and understand their needs.

Benefits

• Meaningful equity
• Optional annual bonus for outstanding performance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 4 weeks of PTO
• Unlimited sick days
• Flexible working hours
• Workstation stipend
• Industrial office space in RiNo with unlimited snacks, the best coffee in town, walkable access to great restaurants and amenities, and hub for community events

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed